Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

44 reviews

swimmer120x's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The book bounces between two characters, Tricia and Adrienne. It seemed like a medium-fast paced book. It wasn’t my favorite, but it wasn’t terrible either. I enjoyed the plot twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Vomit

bloo_0's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

fairytalefootnotes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Writing: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Praise: I spent the majority of this book thinking I knew where it was going but I was wrong…that’s exactly what I want from my psychological thrillers! I also loved that the chapters were short, it kept me glued to the page saying “just one more chapter, it’s short so it won’t take long!”

The Critique: I would’ve liked more tape chapters.

Final Thoughts: The book was so twisty and eerie and I really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

readwithandreina's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

alyssams884's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic relationship

goldsbuc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Car accident, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Child death, and Alcohol

chelle22's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

katiebesty's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Interesting plot with lots of twists and turns. You think you’ve figured it out from the beginning but turns out there are more twists. 
The plot is good but the characters are not likeable at all and the writing style is a little cringe. 
Overall a quick and easy read that is engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism

dblue236's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I thought I had this all figured out by a third of the way through it and fancied myself the smartest person alive... only to turn out to be almost entirely wrong. I'm holding on to the tiny shred of dignity I have left because I was kind of in the ballpark. This author hasn't disappointed me yet, and while her books aren't necessarily rampant with realism, I enjoy the hell out of them and always look forward to starting a new one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Rape, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

emamazee's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder